Diamantia sto gymno sou soma (1972)

Director:

Omiros Efstratiadis

Writers:

Vagelis Katsanis (writer)
Giannis Tziotis (writer)

Release Date:

July 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Two gangs engage in violent war for the possession of a valuable lot of robbed diamonds. Erotism and humour temper the suspense and gore. |

Plot Keywords:

Gunfight | Nudity | Softcore | Violence | Independent Film

Cast

Eleni Anousaki	...	Bella
Kostas Karagiorgis	...	Sorokos
Hristos Nomikos	...	Simos
Andreas Barkoulis	...	Grekos
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rita Bensousan	...	Persa
Dimitris Bloukos	...	Garbis
Mirka Danezi
Paul Mark Elliott	...	Paul (as Mark Elliott)
Vicky Georgopoulou
Lefteris Giftopoulos
Aliki Gika
Vassilis Kolovos
Viky Konstadinidou
Giorgos Mattheou
Stathis Psaltis
Kostas Rigas
Eleni Roda

Directed by
Omiros Efstratiadis		(English version)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vagelis Katsanis		writer
Giannis Tziotis		writer (as Yannis Tziotis)

Original Music by
Andreas Prezas

Cinematography by
Aris Stavrou

Production Companies

• G.D. Films

Distributors

• Hollywood Film Corporation (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Peerless Films (1975) (Canada) (as "Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh") (dubbed)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (USA) (video) (dubbed)
• Talma Filmes

Also Known As:

Diamantia sto gymno kormi tis (Greece) (TV title)
Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh (USA)
Thanasima diamantia, Ta (Greece) (TV title)
Operação Diamantes (Portugal) [pt]

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Portugal:M/18

Company:

G.D. Films

"over-the-top" Greek exploitation!!!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

i love these kinds of films. but for all the wrong reasons. why? i can't explain. but lovers of the bad movie genre (a genre definitely in the works)will understand. this film is actually pretty good in certain areas. the plot seems steady, some of the action sequences are quite gripping, particularly if you like raw film-making. and the actual "fist fighting" scenes are classic. these actors did not know one thing about how to throw a punch. their fighting abilities are clumsy at best. kinda like the legendary fight sequence in 'bridget jones diary" only in this movie i found myself laughing even harder because these actors (i think)were taking this very seriously. omiros efstratiadis' general direction in this film is better than most other entries i have seen of his. the actors do a reasonable job, but it does slip into that daytime melodrama type thing. but that's the directors fault. overall, "Diamonds on her naked Flesh" (the English translation)is an unbalanced film, but it still manages to deliver the goods for those of you who are into the bad movie genre. if you can find it, there's very little chance you'll find it with subtitles. there may be an English dubbed version, but the story is quite easy to follow if you don't understand Greek.